You will use prepared slides and then prepare your own. Make sure you complete the inclass tutorial before you begin making your own slides!
Class Four: how things get into and out of cells (cell membrane / osmosis) Plasma Membrane Osmosis vs Diffusion
Reading 2-6 "How do materials move in and out of cells?"
create a plant cell slide, diagram it and label what you can see
create an animal cell slide; dye it and diagram it, label what you can see
compare plant and animal cells
Class One: Biotic, Abiotic, Dead
video Science Court: Living Things
Class Two: Observations, Inferences, Testing a prediction
videos of germination in motion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=zHyfDGVNdvM&NR=1
http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/earlygrowth/germination/germ.html
Games to review observation and inferences:
http://reviewgamezone.com/game.php?id=7
Class Three: Microscope Slides
overview of a light microscope
how to use the microscope
You will use prepared slides and then prepare your own. Make sure you complete the inclass tutorial before you begin making your own slides!
Class Four: how things get into and out of cells (cell membrane / osmosis)
Plasma Membrane
Osmosis vs Diffusion
Reading 2-6 "How do materials move in and out of cells?"
Class Five: The parts of a cell (organelles)
Reading 2-3 to 2-4 and complete the accompanying worksheets.View the clips on cytology and cell organelles at http://www.goldiesroom.org/video_archive.htm
create your own imaginary cell
Cell song
2-5 comparing plant and animal cells reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exRxOozxtI
create a plant cell slide, diagram it and label what you can see
create an animal cell slide; dye it and diagram it, label what you can see
compare plant and animal cells
Class six: How cells get energy (photosynthesis / cellular respiration)
chloroplasts close up
Class seven: germination and imbibed seeds
Class eight: food chains, food webs, energy transfer
Class nine: biomes
links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/ methuselah tree NOVA video clips and photosynthesis interactive
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/flowers-modern-ancient.html